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Uncoloured and Coloured versions of ‘Little Metro’, a 2023 Personal Project
LITTLE METRO
This was a quick personal illustration I did in September this year. My aim was to create a simpler image and then try and populate it with details, in this case some form of futuristic street. When doing the illustration, I had no plans or forward thinking as to how it might look, and a lot of the development was done on the fly. This was especially true of the colours, as they weren’t worked out until after I had scanned in the drawing and opened the file on my laptop.
Below you can see the (very) simple sketch I had where I proposed the composition, as well as some other images of the development process. It really was a quick illustration, and was definitely I did based more on feel than on thought, and I’m really happy with how it came out!
Initially, I opted for very flat colours. But...I just couldn’t get it to work, so ultimately I shelved the drawing for a few months. You can see below the initial rough colour plan and the ‘stopping’ point:
Anyways, I revisited it a little while later, added some glow, added some shadow, and voilà! Looks much better, and much more atmospheric, if you ask me.
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Below you can see the (very) simple sketch I had where I proposed the composition, as well as some other images of the development process. It really was a quick illustration, and was definitely I did based more on feel than on thought, and I’m really happy with how it came out!
![Thumbnail Sketch,](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10d4be9fff9af6fa5d4754ab944e57735d6e63562b72e9e34bbef454fffe2267/4.jpg)
![Final Drawing,](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c9d2a2d0654595c859b8ba6b019ab12c97273d65af13fdca0865d6dadd1a0f0/3.jpg)
![Read the Cipher.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a362cdf962ddd246c842e7df36991f0ef5a53f744469b8f2f1c41c3489010f99/5.jpg)
Initially, I opted for very flat colours. But...I just couldn’t get it to work, so ultimately I shelved the drawing for a few months. You can see below the initial rough colour plan and the ‘stopping’ point:
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/343a8d378cf2e36027c3d91f3dc707a35ab69b10b936c655a27131aebc60295c/Colour-Plan.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51c177065c0d06bd9d56cc2c85a063c4e291df43e3f79cfc256479c033b3be2d/Smaller-Web-Upload.jpg)
Anyways, I revisited it a little while later, added some glow, added some shadow, and voilà! Looks much better, and much more atmospheric, if you ask me.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/375ee58b1fa4d682681de22046028d63fc345ee43a384b505f2e8cfc69adac70/Watermarked.jpg)